Told from the POV of a hotel maid on the
spectrum, this book serves as a reminder that no one should be invisible, and
that we are all equally important, no matter our station in life.
The narration
by Lauren Ambrose was spot-on as she captured the essence of Molly, a young
woman raised by her recently deceased grandmother, and the people, good and
bad, who impact her life. It made me laugh, cry, and get mad in equal measure,
but mostly it kept me up at night.
*THE NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER *WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION *A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME PICK
'An escapist pleasure' SUNDAY TIMES 'Delightful' GUARDIAN 'An instantly gripping and delightful whodunnit' STYLIST 'Smart, riveting, and deliciously refreshing ' LISA JEWELL
What can I say? I am a huge fan of Lou
Berney's writing style. I first discovered him on audio with November Road.
This book (paperback), while a completely different timeline and setting, had a
similar cadence, with what I like to call a "slow burn build" as we
gradually get to know the story behind the stories. Simply brilliant. If you
haven't discovered Lou Berney yet, you're in for a treat.
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD, THE MACAVITY AWARD, THE ANTHONY AWARD, AND THE BARRY AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOMINATED FOR THE 2015 LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE With the compelling narrative tension and psychological complexity of the works of Laura Lippman, Dennis Lehane, Kate Atkinson, and Michael Connelly, Edgar Award-nominee Lou Berney's The Long and Faraway Gone is a smart, fiercely compassionate crime story that explores the mysteries of memory and the impact of violence on survivors-and the lengths they will go to find the painful truth of the events that scarred their lives. In the summer of 1986, two…
Part
of the LAPD Harry Bosch (#23)/Renee Ballard (#4) police procedural series, The
Dark Hours, is primarily told from Ballard’s POV.
The dark hours is cop-speak for midnight to seven on the night shift, but the title equally sums up
Ballard’s struggles in her personal life and career. Perfect narration by Titus
Welliver (Bosch) and Christine Lakin (Ballard), with Connelly at his best. I
love the way he’s allowed his characters to not just grow older, but to change
and evolve through the years. Brilliant.
A Wall Street Journal and South Florida Sun-Sentinel Best Book of the Year
“A masterpiece”—LAPD detective Renée Ballard must join forces with Harry Bosch to find justice in a city scarred by fear and social unrest after a methodical killer strikes on New Year’s Eve (Publishers Weekly).
There’s chaos in Hollywood at the end of the New Year’s Eve countdown. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renée Ballard waits out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air. Only minutes after midnight, Ballard is called to a scene where a hardworking auto shop…
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